SciSpace vs Consensus vs Sourcely vs Literfy

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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SciSpace
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Consensus
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Sourcely
Competitor 3
Literfy
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
-99.2%
+14.4%
-27.7%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#17,447
#9,859
#330,988
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
5.5M
143.2K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
43%
39%
40%
Pages / visit
2.5
4.1
2.2
1.9
Visit duration
2m 13s
3m 56s
33s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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SciSpaceConsensusSourcelyLiterfy
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Text
Output
DataText
Text
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Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Academic citation
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Research papers drafting
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Research assistance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Writing outlines
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Academic q a
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Academic research gaps
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PDF analysis
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